Imru Haile Selassie
| Imru Haile Selassie ዕምሩ፡ኃይለ፡ሥላሴ |
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| Governor of Gojjam | |
| Reign | 1932–1936 |
| Predecessor | Hailu Tekle Haymanot |
| Successor | none |
| Regent of Ethiopia | |
| Reign | 1935–1936 |
| Regent for | Haile Selassie I |
| Born | 23 November 1892 Shire, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | 15 August 1980 (aged 87) Addis Abeba, Ethiopia |
| Burial | Holy Trinity Cathedral |
| Spouse | Tsige Mariam |
| Issue | Mikael Imru and seven daughters |
| House | Solomonic Dynasty |
| Father | Haile Selassie Abayne |
| Mother | Mazlekia Ayala Worq |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox |
| Occupation | Military leader, diplomat |
Imru Haile Selassie, CBE (Amharic: ዕምሩ፡ኃይለ፡ሥላሴ; 23 November 1892 – 15 August 1980) was an Ethiopian noble, soldier, and diplomat. He was also the cousin of Emperor Haile Selassie.
He was acting Prime Minister for three days in 1960 during a coup d'état and assassination of Prime Minister Abebe Aregai.
Born in Shewa Province, Imru was the childhood friend of his first cousin once removed Haile Selassie I (Imru's mother, Mazlekia Ayala Worq, was Haile Selassie's first cousin); both were tutored together under Abba Samuel Wolde Kahin, and were raised by Imru's father Haile Selassie Abayne, whom Harold Marcus describes as the Emperor's "real father", asserting that "Makonnen's son recalled the surrogate with affection, whereas he invariably referred to his father with formality and deference." Both Imru and his father accompanied the future ruler to his first governorship in Sidamo. In 1916/17 Imru, by then a , was appointed Shum (Governor) of Harar province by his cousin. In 1928, Imru was appointed Shum of Wollo province when Gugsa Welle failed to end a smoldering rebellion there.
In 1932, Imru was promoted to Ras and made ruler of Gojjam province. Imru replaced Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot, who had been convicted of treason for allegedly helping the deposed Lij Iyasu escape, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon arriving in Gojjam, Imru was immediately faced with a revolt by Fitawrari Admassu, a natural son of the imprisoned Ras, who on 30 September briefly held Debre Marqos; not long afterwards Admassu ended his revolt, sending messengers to the Emperor to ask for pardon. Nevertheless, despite numerous reforms and efforts to modernize the province, which enriched both the producers and traders, Imru found few friends in Gojjam and "was invariably viewed as an outsider, the emperor's agent, and, unable to rule by consensus, he governed by force."
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